Fancy Decorating Uses a Job Order Costing System to Collect

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Essay

Fancy Decorating uses a job order costing system to collect the costs of its interior decorating business. Each client's consultation is treated as a separate job. Overhead is applied to each job based on the number of decorator hours incurred. Listed below are data for the current year. $$\begin{array} { l r } \text { Budgeted overhead } & \$ 880,000 \\\text { Actual overhead } & \$ 910,000 \\\text { Budgeted decorator hours } & 40,000 \\\text { Actual decorator hours } & 41,000\end{array}$$ The company uses Operating Overhead in place of Manufacturing Overhead.
Instructions
(a) Compute the predetermined overhead rate.
(b) Prepare the entry to apply the overhead for the year.
(c) Determine whether the overhead was under - or overapplied and by how much.

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Definitions:

Depreciation Expense

The cost allocated to reflect the reduction in value of a tangible asset over its useful life, as part of the wear and tear or obsolescence.

Depreciation

A method of allocating the cost of a physical or tangible asset over its expected usable life to account for decreases in value over time.

Residual Value

The estimated value that an asset will realize upon its sale at the end of its useful life.

Asset Cost

The total amount incurred to acquire an asset, including purchase price and all expenditures necessary to bring the asset to its intended use.